Returning heroes
![Military officials take part in a ceremony for the handover of the remains of South Korean troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War to their home country at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii on Tuesday. Korea received from the United States the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, who were initially thought to be U.S. war dead but later identified as South Koreans. The ceremony was attended by Korean Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander Adm. John C. Aquilino, and the remains were transferred by a Korean Air Force KC-330 tanker transport plane. One set was confirmed to belong to Choi Im-rak, a 19-year-old private first class who served as part of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army program, or Katusa, during the war and died during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/07/26/872fbc29-c598-4502-9771-f798a9c7d1ea.jpg)
Military officials take part in a ceremony for the handover of the remains of South Korean troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War to their home country at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii on Tuesday. Korea received from the United States the remains of seven soldiers killed in the Korean War, who were initially thought to be U.S. war dead but later identified as South Koreans. The ceremony was attended by Korean Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander Adm. John C. Aquilino, and the remains were transferred by a Korean Air Force KC-330 tanker transport plane. One set was confirmed to belong to Choi Im-rak, a 19-year-old private first class who served as part of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army program, or Katusa, during the war and died during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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